BIB_ID
310337
Accession number
MA 426.59
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1810 July 6.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to George Ellis.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
With penciled notes "53A" and "July 6 1810" on p. 1 in an unknown hand.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
With penciled notes "53A" and "July 6 1810" on p. 1 in an unknown hand.
Summary
Concerning English politics, referring to a recent canvassing effort by Mackenzie and mentioning Canning. Hoping that Ellis will visit Ashestiel the following year; saying that he longs to see his young greyhound Juliana; thanking him for his "exertions" on behalf of the Lady of the Lake and musing on how it will be criticized in the Edinburgh Review, noting "Jeffrey is said in private to talk very highly but that is no rule for his public criticism for I've seen him weep warm tears over Wordsworths poetry & you know how he treats the poor Balladmaker when he is mounted into the Scorner's Chair." Wishing that they could publish the Quarterly Review more regularly.
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